DeathQuest

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This fourth edition of the first true textbook on the death penalty engages the reader with a full account of the arguments and issues surrounding capital punishment. The book begins with the history of the death penalty from colonial to modern times, and then examines the moral and legal arguments for and against capital punishment. It also provides an overview of major Supreme Court decisions and describes the legal process behind the death penalty. In addressing these issues, the author reviews recent developments in death penalty law and procedure, including ramifications of newer case law, such as that regarding using lethal injection as a method of execution. The authoras motivation has been to understand what motivates the qdeathquestq of the American people, leading a large percentage of the public to support the death penalty. The book will educate readers so that whatever their death penalty opinions are, they are informed ones. Comprehensive, unbiased review of developments in death penalty law and procedure, including new case law on death-eligible crimes and execution by lethal injection Current data on costs, miscarriages of justice, discriminatory application, religion, and death penalty public opinion Analysis of new research regarding the effectiveness of the death penalty in terms of deterrence, retribution, and incapacitation330 CHAPTER 12 American death penalty opinion Ellsworth and Ross believe
that biased assimilation is a probable explanation for the effect of ... Vidmar, the
experimental conditions involved reading two 1, 500-word essays that described a
scientific and other informationa about the death penalty. ... The results of the
Vidmar and Dittenhoffer study indicate that the experimental manipulation was
effective.

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DeathQuest

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Robert M. Bohm

Publisher

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Routledge - 2011-07-23

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